1823.] 



Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



octavo, is nearly ready for publication. 

 It embraces a larije body of notes, 

 written by the late Dr. Asliby, the late 

 Mr. Ritson, F. Douce, esq. and other 

 eminent antiquaries ; together with 

 the copious illustrations and additions 

 of Thomas Park, esq. The specimens 

 of poetry iiave all been collated with 

 the original manuscripts, or editions of 

 acknowledged merit, and the nume- 

 rous errors arising from inattention at 

 the press, or in transcribing the 

 author's copy, iiave been carefully 

 corrected ; wliilo no alteration has 

 been permitted in the text. 



The Royal Academy having for 

 some years, on account of the con- 

 tracted limits of its Exhibition rooms, 

 been under the avowed necessity of 

 rejecting many meritorious works, and 

 of crowding or misplacing others ; and 

 the rooms of the British Institution 

 being devoted to the exhibition of 

 works of the old masters, and of the 

 School of Painting which succeeded 

 it, — a numerous body of artists, desi- 

 rous of bringing their works fairly be- 

 fore the public, have formed them- 

 selves into a Society, for the purpose 

 of erecting an extensive suite of roonls 

 for the exhibition and sale of their 

 works, in painting, scul])tiue, archi- 

 tecture, and engraving ; and, opening 

 an exhibition immediately after the 

 close of the British Institution in 

 April, to continue during the three 

 succeeding months. 'I'wenty-seven of 

 the most active, enterprising, and 

 original, artists of the day, have formed 

 themselves into a committee to carry 

 this design into execution, and we are 

 convinced they will be liberally sup- 

 ported by the public. 



A new edition is announced of the 

 Diversions of Purley, by John Horne 

 TooKE, A.M. in two volumes, octavo, 

 from the copy corrected and consider- 

 ably enlarged by the author, and 

 hitherto in the possession of his 

 executors. 



A series of Lectures is printing upon 

 the Illcments of Chemical Scienc<;, 

 lately delivered at the Surrey Institu- 

 tion, by Mr. (}. GuRNEV. They will 

 comprise the bases of the new theory 

 of crystallization, and tliagrams to 

 illustrate the elementary combinations 

 ol atoms, particularly theories of elec- 

 trical inJIncnce and of llarae, with a 

 full doscri|>tii)ii of the author's blow- 

 pipe when cliargcd with certain 

 ga.ies, &.C. 



Observiitions made during a Resi- 

 dence in the Tarentaise and various 

 Parts of the Grecian and Pennine 

 Alps, in Savoy, and in Switzerland- 

 and Auvcrgne, in the years 1820, 21, 

 and 22, with remarks on the present 

 state of society, manners, religion, 

 agriculture, climate, &c. by Robert 

 Bakewell, esq. are in the press. 



A Geognostical Essay on the Super- 

 position of Rocks in both Hemispheres, 

 by M. DE Humboldt, is translated 

 into English, under his immediate 

 inspection. 



Mr. Sheldrake has issued propo- 

 sals for publishing, by subscription, 

 (dedicated, by permission, to Sir Tho- 

 mas Lawrence, president of the Royal 

 Academy,) an Enquiry into the Origin 

 and Practice of Painting in Oil, to 

 ascertain what was tlie real invention 

 of Van Eyck ; and what were the ma- 

 terials and vehicle that were used by 

 Giorgione, and the fine artists of the 

 Venetian school. To which will be 

 added, some infc^-mation on the old 

 painted and stained glass; a recipe for 

 preparing drying oil of superior qua- 

 lity, which is only known to the 

 author ; and an attempt to ascertain 

 .some colours which were used by the 

 old painters, but are unknown to the 

 artists of the present time. 



Fonthill and its Abbey delineated, 

 to be richly embellished with nume- 

 rous highly-finished engravings and 

 spirited wood-cuts, by John Rutter, 

 of Shaftesbury, is nearly ready for 

 publication. The advantage of a long 

 continued access to every part of the 

 Abbey, the valuable assistance of nu- 

 merous friends, the mass of new mate- 

 rials thus collected for accomplishin"- 

 his object in the most perfect manner, 

 are the author's recommendation. 



A curious work, in one octavo vo- 

 lume, written by the actuary of a liifc 

 Assurance Comjiany, is about to make 

 its appearance, in the form of a Cau- 

 tion to intended Shareholders, and a 

 (Juide to Persons effecting Insu- 

 rances; in which will be exhibited the 

 comparative merits of the diUerent 

 companies, and their claims to public 

 patronage and confidence investi- 

 gated, with necessary information to 

 l)ersons who may wish to insure their 

 lives, or purchase annuities or endow- 

 ments for their children. The frau«l.s 

 and deceptions of various odices arc 

 cxpo.sed, as the use of the names of 

 noblemen and geu)lem»!n no way re- 

 sponsible. 



